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diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index e6c01b3fa..1aa147324 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ target_directory_operand (char const *file)
int err = (stat_result == 0 ? 0 : errno);
bool is_a_dir = !err && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode);
if (err && err != ENOENT)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("accessing %s"), quote (file));
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("failed to access %s"), quote (file));
if (is_a_dir < looks_like_a_dir)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("target %s is not a directory"), quote (file));
return is_a_dir;
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
: lstat (source, &source_stats))
!= 0)
{
- error (0, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (source));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to access %s"), quote (source));
return false;
}
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
dest_lstat_ok = (lstat (dest, &dest_stats) == 0);
if (!dest_lstat_ok && errno != ENOENT)
{
- error (0, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (dest));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to access %s"), quote (dest));
return false;
}
}
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
{
struct stat st;
if (stat (optarg, &st) != 0)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (optarg));
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to access %s"),
+ quote (optarg));
if (! S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("target %s is not a directory"),
quote (optarg));